Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ahh, memory.

A co-worker and I were discussing motorcycle crashes and helmet laws in South Carolina. I made the observation that SC did at one time have a helmet law, a few years ago.

After this conversation, I checked, and the South Carolina helmet law was repealed for cyclists over twenty-one in 1980.

Nineteen Eighty.

Twenty-eight years.

Most people alive don't even remember that far back. History tells me that's correct, but my memory can't quite grasp it.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified. ~John Updike

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